Looking out from Stevens Point

Mallard hen with six ducklings

Stevens Point, Wisconsin USA

Lake Joanis

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Whitetail Deer

Portage County, Wis.

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Stevens Point, Wisconsin

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Mallard Ducks are the most common ducks in North America.

The male mallard sports a glossy green head, a white ring around its neck and a rich, chestnut-brown breast.

Schmeeckle Reserve - Stevens Point, Wisconsin

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Back in September of 2017, IC 1028 leads a manifest out of Stevens Point on the Superior Subdivision across the Wisconsin river.

Little did I know that a year later, these IC SD70s would be in local service around the Chicago area.

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A gorgeous July morning finds this eastbound Wisconsin Central freight holding west of Stevens Point, waiting for a track to clear in the yard for their inbound.

WC LO18

WC 586,715,4012,719

Stevens Point, WI.

July 1990

With CN Vet Unit 3015

CN 5417 5-31-21 Stevens Point WI L588

Schmeeckle Reserve - Stevens Point, Wisconsin

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One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up or hide depending on how confident they feel.

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Portage County, Wisconsin

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An ex DSS&A Alco has traded her South Shore colors for a coat of solid chocolate and sent to work Stevens Point where she's seen on December 11, 1966. No photographer to credit, Chuck Schwesinger collection.

Dream Weaver - Morning dew droplets on spider web

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

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Portage County, Wisconsin

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Whitetail youth (K-12), are taught as fawns to read and understand the lessons of Aldo Leopold. Leopold is considered the father of wildlife ecology and a true Wisconsin hero. He was a renowned scientist and scholar, exceptional teacher, philosopher and writer.

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A gorgeous July morning finds this eastbound Wisconsin Central freight holding west of Stevens Point, waiting for a track to clear in the yard for their inbound.

WC LO18

WC 586, 715, 4012, 719

Stevens Point, WI.

July 1990

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

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SOO Line GP9 401 switches the yard in Stevens Point, Wisconsin

I shot this view on May 27, 1986 at Stevens Point as a trio of units bound for the Twin Ports rested while 709 worked off the branch line that ran to Whiting/Plover.

The WC roundhouse had an odd visitor, this was my first DWP unit I saw, as a youngster. The WC was a regional RR, and really transformed the railroading in the state of Wisconsin. I went to Stevens Point a couple of times, but not nearly enough, during this era of WC. Now this property is owned by the CN, needless to say, I have not been back since the takeover.

CN 5457 7-04-2020 Stevens Point WI Train L588

F./ 7.1 @ 1/200 sec.

Practicing shoot (with camera) and release.

Wisconsin whitetail in brush.

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When a white-tailed deer becomes alert, it often stops abruptly and begins stomping. It almost seems like an exaggerated gesture. The deer curls its front leg up and into its body and then slams that hoof to the ground in a forceful manner. The deer will typically stand in the same spot and repeat this gesture until it identifies what it initially perceives to be an unknown source of danger. When a deer is super alert, or if it sees or hears something in addition to the initial danger, the deer will often snort (or “blow”). When that happens, the stomping deer will usually hightail it out of the area.

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Wisconsin White-tailed Buck in Winter

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Portage County, Wisconsin

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With CN Vet Unit 3015

SOO had a number of RS1's but most were gone in the 60's. A handful survived into the 70's with the last one being retired in June 1975. Paul Hunnell shot 353 at Stevens Point on April 4, 1972. It was retired and scrapped in June 1974. Chuck Schwesinger collection..

On a beautiful June 9, 1983 morning I found SOO train 2 doing a little work at the east end of Stevens Point yard. I took a number of shots as they made a set out and pick up. Work done 759 and 757 are ready to roll.

Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea - Osmundaceae) fiddlehead unfurling

Schmeeckle Reserve, Stevens Point, Central Wisconsin

Portage County, Wisconsin

Fighting among bucks can establish the dominance of one animal over another, This was merely some brief late season posturing.

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Portage County, Wisconsin USA

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Rolling in to Point

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In November, White-tailed Deer are more active than ever. Bucks especially, alter their routines and can be less frightened of humans. This guy was kind enough to give me a few seconds to get his image on camera.

Portage County. Wisconsin

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White-tailed Deer Fawns

Central Wisconsin

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By artist John Kowalczyk. It’s a play on the names of plants native to Stevens Point by incorporating the animal-namesakes, including bee balm, cardinal flower, chicken of the woods, foxglove, goat’s beard, and dandelion.

WC was fascinating in many ways hell even the storage lines were interesting. The SW1200's that came early were parked off and on as newer SW1500's came onto the roster to replace them. 1230 and 1234 sit at Steven's Point with covered stacks on October 4, 1990. To the back of 1234 sits an ex SOO GP30, one of a number that were also in storage at the time.

A sunny day goobing was successful, though I wish the power had more variety..

Here a southbound manifest at speed breaks the silence of the quietness of northern Wisconsin.

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All of these units started life as GP35's but by the time I took this photo the trailing pair were more like GP38's as they were rebuilt into 2000hp non-turbo units. WC 731, 4009 and 4005 are westbound at Stevens Point east on October 28, 1992. I never had much experience with 731 in its WC days but it was one of the worst out of the SOO's small fleet of 35's so I was surprised it lasted as long as it did. Maybe someone finally figured out its problems or maybe WC was always so power strapped that they just put up with it.

Wisconsin River Bridge